News
November 2021
... eye redness, pain, or a decrease in vision (see Table 4 at ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Sarah B. Henderson, PhD
November 2021
... excess deaths in British Columbia, and more in Alberta.[ 4 ] This makes it comparable with the 1936 heat wave in ...
Shared Care Committee /
BY: Joanna Cheek, MD, FRCPC
November 2021
... was among the most underfunded services in health care.[ 4 ] Canadians reported counseling to be their highest mental ... end up managing their mental health in primary care,[ 4 ] with publicly funded physicians often the only affordable ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Kevin Berman, MD
November 2021
... 49th parallel. This year, join us virtually on Saturday, 4 December 2021, to participate in a program that includes ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Ray Markham, MB ChB, MRCGP, FCFP
December 2021
... that is socially accountable,[ 1 ] culturally safe,[ 4 ] and relationship based. By sharing the process and ... but also socially accountable,[ 1 ] culturally safe,[ 4 ] and relationship based. To achieve health care system ... an ongoing dialogue about cultural safety and humility.[ 4 ] Everyone was encouraged to partake in a cultural safety ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Mohammed Abdelmalek, BSc
December 2021
... tobacco smoke exposure, malnutrition, and family history.[ 4 ] Chronic otitis media is significantly less prevalent in ... developed countries.[ 1 ] The prevalence varies from 2% to 4% in low-prevalence populations to 43% in high-prevalence ... managed in primary care with topical antibiotics for 2 to 4 weeks. They also recommend that the diagnosis be confirmed ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Santabhanu Chakrabarti, MD, FRCPC, FCCS
December 2021
... small electric energy pulse of typically short duration (0.4 to 1.0 millisecond) to activate the myocardium to contract. ... had some form of an underlying electrical cardiac rhythm.[ 4 ] When the pacemaker was temporarily deactivated, only 13% ... support; that is, constitutive replacement therapy.[ 4 ] Implantable cardioverter defibrillators Implantable ...
Letters /
BY: Renee Fernandez, MD, CCFP
December 2021
... can also provide personal health risk assessment[ 4 ] visits with at-risk patients, including patients with ...
News
December 2021
... their institutions under the Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 ). Copyright for articles published prior to 2022 will ... of BC, the BCMJ ’s publisher/owner. The CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license allows anyone to copy and redistribute the ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Michael R. Lyon, MD, ABOM
December 2021
... 10% of patients experiencing remission after 2 years.[ 4 ] The Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT) in ...